Vice President Kashim Shettima and other prominent Nigerians expressed their condolences during valedictory session dedicated to the late Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, conducted by the Senate yesterday at the National Assembly.Former Anambra State Governor Chris Ngige and Senator Uche Ekwunife, who represented Anambra Central in the previous assembly, attended the National Assembly to offer their final respects. Senator Ubah passed away on July 26, 2024, at the age of 52. He was a representative of Anambra South and a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The deceased was also known as the Chief Executive Officer of Capital Oil and Gas...
KANO UPPER SHARIA COURT DISMISSES ADULTERY CASE AGAINST JIGAWA COMMISSIONER, HUSBAND REJECTS RULING
A Kano Upper Shari’a Court has dismissed the adultery case against the Jigawa State Commissioner of Special Duties, Auwal Danladi Sankara, and citing insufficient evidence to support the claims.Presiding Judge Ibrahim Sarki Yola stated that the case was struck out due to a lack of proof, highlighting that an investigation by the police found no evidence against the commissioner.However, Nasiru Buba, the individual who accused Sankara of engaging in an illicit affair with his wife, has expressed his rejection of the Sharia Court’s verdict that cleared the politician of any wrongdoing.“Following the investigation by the office of the Assistant Inspector...
“THE NORTH CANNOT PROGRESS IN ISOLATION, AND NIGERIA CANNOT PROSPER UNLESS EVERY PART OF THIS NATION THRIVES.” — President Tinubu
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had disclosed that Nigeria could not thrive without a prosperous North while unveiling a comprehensive youth development strategy spanning multiple vital sectors to drive Nigeria’s economic transformation.Speaking during a Stakeholder Roundtable on northern youth development organised by the Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation in Abuja, President Tinubu, duly represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima pay tribute to the legacy of the late Sardauna of Sokoto, the former Premier of Northern Nigeria.“The late Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Sardauna of Sokoto, was one of the towering giants on whose shoulders we have ascended as a nation. His vision...
FORCE BRUTALITY UPDATE: ARMY CHIEF ORDERS INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGED INHUMANE TREATMENT OF NIGERIA CITIZENS BY SOLDIERS
The acting chief of army staff, Lt. General Olufemi Oluyede, has directed an investigation into the alleged brutalisation of a Nigerian couple by soldiers, following maltreatment captured in a viral video.This was disclosed in a statement on Tuesday by the director of army public relations, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu.He said:”The attention of the Nigerian Army (NA) has been drawn to a viral audio-visual recording circulating on social media platforms, showing a senior Army officer and two other soldiers in an altercation with a man and woman within the Abuja area.“The circumstances leading to this incident are not clear at the...
ACTIVITIES HALT COLLECTIVELY IN GREECE, AS CITIZENS EMBARK ON 24 HOURS STRIKE, DEMAND HIGHER WAGES
Activities halted on Wednesday as transport workers, hospital doctors, school teachers together with construction workers joined a nationwide strike to protest squeezed living standards and demand higher pay in Greece.The protests coincide with the government submitting its 2025 budgets to the parliament as the nation embarked on a-24-hour nationwide strike.Public and private sector workers walked off the job as part of the labor action that disrupted public transport and left ferries connecting the Greek islands with the mainland tied up in port.Medical staff at state-run hospitals and teachers were among those who joined the strike, which was called by labor unions to protest...
SON OF NORWAY’S CROWN PRINCESS ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF RAPE AMONG OTHERS
Marius Borg Hoiby, son of Norway country crowned princess on Tuesday was arrested by the police on the suspicion of rape.According to Oslo Police, the 27 was arrested on a preliminary charge of having “sexual intercourse with someone who is unconscious or for other reasons is unable to resist the act.He was also charged with one count of “abuse in close relationships,” violating a restraining order and driving without a valid driver’s license, police said Tuesday.A preliminary charge, which comes before a formal charge, allows law enforcement to detain a suspect for further investigation.The charges add to the growing list...
17 Year Old Locked Up In Dog Cage By Friend’s Father, Human Right Activist Petitioned Commissioner Of Police, Demands For Justice
A human rights activist, Mr Victor Ojei has petitioned the Commissioner of Police, Delta State Command Olufemi Abaniwonda, demanding for the immediate investigation and prosecution of Mr Celestine and his sons for kidnapping, unlawful detention, assault, and attempted murder in line with the provisions of Nigerian Criminal Law and the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Laws.The petition, copied the Attorney General, Ministry of Justice, Asaba, Delta State and the State Coordinator, National Human Rights Commission, Asaba, Delta State, called for justice for Onyeme Samuel who had been subjected to inhumane treatment by his friend’s father.17-year-old Onyeme was allegedly beaten and locked...
Putin Issues New Nuclear Doctrine In Warning To The West Over Ukraine
The Kremlin announced that President Vladimir Putin had approved an updated nuclear doctrine — a document that governs how Russia uses its nuclear arsenal — including the declaration that Moscow could unleash a nuclear strike if subject to an attack by a nonnuclear country that has the support of a nuclear state.The Russian Defense Ministry said Ukraine had carried out its first strike on Russian territory using U.S.-supplied long-range weapons, hitting a military facility in the Bryansk region with an ATACMS missile.Russian air defenses shot down five ATACMS missiles but fragments of another “fell on the technical territory of a military facility...
Rep Mace Discloses Of Death Threat, For Advocating The Ban Of Transgender Women From Women’s Bathroom.
Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina is defending a measure she recently introduced that would ban transgender women from women’s bathrooms in the U.S. Capitol, she announced on Monday night.However the measure seems to have met with brick walls in some quarter as Mace revealed on her X handle that her life is being threatened but that won’t stop her from sidestepping advocating for personal restroom for the biological female.The Republican Rep went further to advised her antagonists to propel their energy towards finding the right rest room instead of exacting negative energy on her.Her post read: “To everyone...